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Yr hen iaith : studies in Early Welsh / edited by Paul Russell.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Celtic Studies Publications (Series) ; 7.
- Celtic Studies Publications ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Welsh
- Subjects (All):
- Welsh language--To 1100--Congresses.
- Welsh language.
- Welsh language--Middle Welsh, 1100-1400--Congresses.
- Welsh language--To 1100.
- Welsh language--Middle Welsh, 1100-1400.
- Welsh language--Middle Welsh.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Yr hen iaith
- Studies in Early Welsh
- Place of Publication:
- Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales : Celtic Studies Publications, Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, National Library of Wales ; Oakville, CT, USA : [Distributor] for customers in North America, David Brown Book Co., 2003.
- Language Note:
- Chiefly in English; 1 paper in Welsh.
- Summary:
- 1. Peter Schrijver: The etymology of Welsh chwith and the semantics and morphology of PIE *k(w)sweibh-2. Paul Russell: Rowynniauc, Rhufoniog: the orthography and phonology of /m/ in Early Welsh3. Peter Kitson: Old English literacy and the provenance of Welsh y4. Simon Rodway: Two developments in medieval literary Welsh and their implications for dating texts5. Graham Isaac: The structure and typology of prepositional relative clauses in Early Welsh6. Alexander Falileyev, Paul Russell: The dry point glosses in Oxoniensis Posterior7. Pierre-Yves Lambert: The Old Welsh glosses on Weights and Measures8. John T. Koch: Marwnad Cunedda a diwedd y Brydain Rufeinig9. Peter Busse: Are there elements of non-standard language in the work of the Gogynfeirdd?10. Erich Poppe: The Progressive in Ystorya Bown de Hamtwn
- Contents:
- The etymology of Welsh chwith and the semantics and morphology of PIE *k[superscript (w)]sweib[superscript h] / Peter Schrijver 1
- Rowynniauc, Rhufoniog: the orthography and phonology of /[mu]/ in Early Welsh / Paul Russell 25
- Old English literacy and the provenance of Welsh y / Peter Kitson 49
- Two developments in medieval literary Welsh and their implications for dating texts / Simon Rodway 67
- The structure and typology of prepositional relative clauses in Early Welsh / Graham Isaac 75
- The dry-point glosses in Oxoniensis Posterior / Alexander Falileyev, Paul Russell 95
- The Old Welsh glosses on Weights and Measures / Pierre-Yves Lambert 103
- Are there elements of non-standard language in the work of the Gogynfeirdd? / Peter Busse 135
- The Progressive in Ystorya Bown de Hamtwn / Erich Poppe 145
- Marwnad Cunedda a diwedd y Brydain Rufeinig / John T. Koch 171.
- Notes:
- Six of the 10 papers were originally given at a colloquium held in April 1999 at Jesus College, Oxford.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-221).
- ISBN:
- 1891271105
- OCLC:
- 52566845
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